Ethno/CA News: Conferences:
18th International Conference on Pragmatics & Language Learning
Kobe University, Kobe, Japan from 16th -19th of July, 2010.
Call for Presentation proposals
The 18th International Conference on Pragmatics and Language Learning (PLL18)
will take place at Kobe University, Kobe, Japan from 16th to 19th of July,
2010.
The PLL conference aims to foster an exchange of views on language use
from a variety of theoretical and methodological perspectives and will
address a broad range of topics in:
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pragmatics
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sociolinguistics
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discourse analysis
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conversation analysis
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critical discourse analysis
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narrative analysis,
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interactional sociolinguistics
We are particularly interested in how language is used in
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second and foreign language learning
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educational settings
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intercultural interaction
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work place interaction
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pragmatics of academic talk and text
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multimedia discourse
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computer-mediated communication
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multilingual talk, and
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other similar situations
The conference provides an international forum for language educators who
are interested in issues of pragmatics and discourse analysis.
For more details, visit the conference website at: http://www.pragsig.org/pll/
Proposals for presentation are welcome on topics such as:
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L2 talk and text
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Developmental L2 pragmatics
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Pragmatics in language education
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Pragmatics in language assessment
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Pragmatics in computer-mediated communication
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Theory and methodology in pragmatics
Proposals may be submitted for Papers (20 minutes for presentation, 10
minutes for discussion) and Posters
Abstracts for all presentation formats should be written in English
and will undergo peer review.
Abstract submission deadline - 15 January,
2010
Authors may submit no more than ONE individual and ONE joint proposal.
Proposals must be submitted online via the conference website
ONLINE PROPOSAL FORM
http://www.pragsig.org/pll/submit.html
Decisions on proposal submissions will be sent out by 31 March 2010.
Tim Greer
Donna Tatsuki
Yuriko Kite
Conference Organizers: pll18kobe [at] gmail.com
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